AP Terminology
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Allegory | a short moral story (often with animal characters) |
| Alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
| Allusion | a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize |
| Ambiguity | unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning |
| Anadiplosis | repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next |
| Analogy | drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect |
| Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses |
| Antagonist | the character who works against the protagonist in the story |
| Anthropomorphism | the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits |
| Antimetabole | the repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order |
| Blank Verse | unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter) |
| Catastrophe | an event resulting in great loss and misfortune |
| Character | a person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work |
| Conceit | a fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor |
| Connotation | an idea that is implied or suggested |
| Deconstruction | a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning |
| Denotation | ... |
| Deus Ex Machina | In literature, the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem. |
| Dialogue | a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people |
| Diction | the manner in which something is expressed in words |
| Didactic Poetry | poetry with the primary purpose of teaching or preaching |
| Digression | a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) |
| Double Entendre | an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate |
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